Topic: Bringing the Culture Into the Second Language Classroom

Overview

Borja Ruiz de Arbulo has been teaching all levels of Spanish at Boston University since 2014. He is originally from northern Spain, where he received his BA in English from the University of the Basque Country (Vitoria) in 2007. Read more here.

“So students over there don’t have debt?” – This sample question exemplifies a student’s intercultural reflection after speaking to a native speaker online as part of a class assignment. This talk will show how integrating international connections into the classroom can not only help learners thrive in the content of a particular class, but also boost their global citizenship.